Technical analysis is not only useful but also an important tool for decision making in trading. As far as I know this is the only thing use in trading because of its effectiveness. The effectiveness also vary from the person using it. Fud is only effective if applied in a market that is either going down already, or bound to go down in a matter of days
Yeah, no one doubts this, but if you are completely relying on technical analysis without learning how you can play safe in the market, then you will only end up completely screwed before you even know it. There are so many times it can work easily, you can even get to see yourself making some good calls, and then sometimes just come when you just see everything going the other way round even with the analysis, which is why the stop loss is always available.
for today it is necessary to learn to do qualitative analysis, because all these analysts can not be hoped, because all forecasts or analysis are void and false.
New methodologies are always better for better results and at the same time, we cannot ignore conventional methods for consistent performance. In simple words, proper mixture of all these will definitely help any trader for producing comparatively better results.